Steven Paul Berne

Seeing Mr. Berne’s great rating on Avvo is not surprising, he is a very good attorney. I was facing a felony charge when I hired Mr. Berne, but he worked to get it reduced to a misdemeanor with no prison time. I am very fortunate to have not been charged with some of the very serious charges I’ve se...en in these reviews. However, whenever your freedom is at stake it is serious, and my freedom was at stake when I called Mr. Berne in search of a good attorney. When I first spoke to Mr. Berne I had not been charged yet, but I had received a target letter and it was very likely that I would be charged with a felony. I was very nervous about hiring an attorney as I had not made very good decisions in the past when choosing an attorney. Mr. Berne sounded like someone I could trust. Of the several attorneys I spoke to I only got a good feeling from two of them, one of which was Mr. Berne. I ultimately hired him because of those two, he followed up. Mr. Berne has a quality that many lawyers do not have. He fully understands that the human element is a part of every case. He understands that he literally has people’s lives in his hands when he represents them, and he takes that seriously. Many attorneys are very well educated in the letter of the law, but they seem to have lost their connection with humanity. Mr. Berne has not lost his connection this humanity, and that sets him apart. After hiring him I was still nervous because my case was “small potatoes” so to speak compared to the much more serious cases that lawyers of his pedigree handle daily. I was concerned that he could take his eye off the ball on my case because it was a relatively “low offense” case. That nervousness came from past experience, not from anything Mr. Berne had shown me. He showed me just the opposite throughout his handling of my case. He stayed on top of my case and kept me updated. I tried not to call him, email him, or text him much. I just trusted him to do the job and prayed and hoped that he would not let me down. He didn’t let me down. Though my case was relatively simple, there were some unexpected twists, the last of which is still pending at the time of this writing, but Mr. Berne took them in stride working diligently to resolve them. As said, I was facing a felony charge when I hired Mr. Berne, but he got it reduced to a misdemeanor with no jail time. Two of the lawyers I had spoken to before I hired Mr. Berne told me that I was just going to have to accept a felony conviction. After I hired Mr. Berne he asked me what I wanted. I told him that of course I would love for all of this to just go away, but the next best thing would be to have another chance at a life without a felony conviction. He responded saying “that’s possible”. He delivered.

Mr. Berne is an amazing attorney. He is dedicated and very professional when it comes to his job. It was very important for me to see the interest that he had to understand my case and also that for him it was important to get to know me as a person. It was very easy for me to trust and talk to him.... I will forever be thankful for everything he did for me; it really means a lot. I widely recommend Mr. Berne he is a great attorney!

I was referred to Steven Berne from a friend of mines and I must say that was the best referral of my life. In the past I dealt with attorneys that started out answering my calls until they got my money and then I couldn't get them on the phone, but not Seven he not only did he answered my calls he r...eturned all missed calls within a timely manner. I was facing almost 10 years and Steven fought to get my sentence down to 65 months. He maintained consistent level of professionalism and I felt he went above and beyond to make sure I knew every step of my case. He was upfront and honest and kept me completely informed throughout. I felt he fought hard and did not make any promises he did not live up to in the end. Not only is Steven a great attorney he is also a great person, I felt extremely comfortable from the beginning of my case to the end of my sentencing that he had my best interest in hand. I highly recommend him!